Spinoff Online was in Los Angeles on Monday as part of a global Hobbit fan event in which director Peter Jackson debuted footage from The Desolation of Smaug, and he and cast members answered questions about the upcoming film.

Warner Bros. has debuted a new trailer for The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug that not only turns the spotlight on Luke Evans’ Bard the Bowman but delivers Benedict Cumberbatch’s chilling voice as the dragon.

In a new production video for The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, Peter Jackson says that because of the shooting schedule, he’ll be unable to screen footage from the film later this month at Comic-Con International.

In a six-minute snippet from a Q&A session, director Peter Jackson previews footage from The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, offering slimpses of Orlando Bloom, Luke Evans and Evangeline Lilly on set.

Although the opening of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is still a week away, New Line is already teasing the next installments of Peter Jackson’s trilogy with the first images from The Desolation of Smaug and There and Back Again.